• Anandashram - Spiritual centre founded by Pujya Swami Ramdas and Mother Krishnabai, endearingly called Beloved Papa and Pujya Mataji, founded Anandashram in 1931, in Kanhangad, Kerala, South India. The ideal which the Ashram holds before it is Universal Love and Service based upon a vision of divinity in all beings and creatures of the world. Here, every man, woman or child, to whatever denomination, creed or caste the person may belong, shall have free access.

Anandashram, meaning Abode of Bliss,is located in Kanhangad, in the Mangalore-Shoranur sector of Southern Railway. Most important trains halt at Kanhangad. The nearest airport is at Mangalore, about 100 km away, with regular services linking all major cities. On alighting at Kanhangad Station, one can avail of a bus, taxi, or autorickshaw to reach Anandashram, which is about 5 km away. On the National Highway #17, there is an area known as Ramnagar. SWAMI RAMDAS (BELOVED PAPA) Swami Ramdas, known as Vittal Rao in his pre-Sannyas days, was leading an ordinary householder’s life till Gods grace descended on him in or about the year 1920. ...